Neoclassicism

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Neoclassicism
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New Classicism

• 1730-1840
• Also known as true style
• French art style in reaction against Baroque
• Paris the center of Western art
• Sought to revive the ideals of Greek and Roman
  art
• Grand idealization of form

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Antonio Canova

• Cupid and Psyche
• Romance between Cupid and Psyche Greek myth
• Psyche is Greek for soul
• Very classical style
• Ideal beauty

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Jacques-Louis David

• Leading Neoclassical painter
• Depicts Roman honor and self-sacrifice
• Women collapsed in corner

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David cont.

• Death of Marat
• Classical form often compared to death of Jesus
• Dark background and lighted subject is
  reminiscent of Baroque style

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David cont.

• Napoleon at St. Bernard Pass
• Roman influence
• Stylized (Napoleon actually rode a mule, not a
  stallion)
• Glorification of Napoleonreally short and ugly

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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

• Student of David
• Often combined Rococo and Neoclassicism
• Napoleon Enthroned
• Stylized importance

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Napoleon

• Staff and hand pointing towards God
• Golden halo of throne
• Rich in texture
• Where?

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Oedipus and the Sphinx

• Story from Greek Mythology
• Ideal human body
• Perfection